Lukas Paravicini Sells 57,407 Shares of Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) Stock

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMBGet Free Report) insider Lukas Paravicini sold 57,407 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,825 ($22.98), for a total value of £1,047,677.75 ($1,319,161.11).

Imperial Brands Stock Performance

Shares of IMB opened at GBX 1,818 ($22.89) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 157.30, a current ratio of 0.72 and a quick ratio of 0.41. Imperial Brands PLC has a one year low of GBX 1,553.50 ($19.56) and a one year high of GBX 2,084 ($26.24). The firm has a market capitalization of £15.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 724.30, a PEG ratio of 15.79 and a beta of 0.42. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 1,858.64 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 1,800.28.

Imperial Brands Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 15th will be paid a dividend of GBX 51.82 ($0.65) per share. This is an increase from Imperial Brands’s previous dividend of $21.59. This represents a dividend yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 15th. Imperial Brands’s payout ratio is currently 5,856.57%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating on shares of Imperial Brands in a report on Wednesday, November 15th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 2,325 ($29.27) price target on shares of Imperial Brands in a research report on Wednesday, November 15th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on Imperial Brands from GBX 2,350 ($29.59) to GBX 2,250 ($28.33) and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 2,171 ($27.34).

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Imperial Brands Company Profile

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Imperial Brands PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. It offers a range of cigarettes, tobacco accessories, vapour, heated tobacco, and oral nicotine. The company sells its products under various brands, including JPS, Davidoff, Gauloises, West, Winston, Kool, Lambert & Butler, Fortuna, Nobel, News, Backwoods, Champion, Golden Virginia, Rizla, Blu, Pulze, Skruf, and Zone X.

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